Scott Walker Recall: Democrats Collect More Than A Half-Million Signatures In One Month
by Amanda Terkel
12/15/11
WASHINGTON -- In just one month, Democrats have collected more than a half-million signatures from Wisconsinites hoping to kick Gov. Scott Walker (R) out of office, putting them well on their way to hit the threshold to trigger a recall election in 2012, with time to spare.
Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Mike Tate announced the news in a press conference conference on Thursday, saying that the party still planned to collect more than 700,000 signatures before the Jan. 17 deadline, when recall organizers must turn their petitions into the Government Accountability Office, which oversees state elections. They must have 540,208 valid signatures in order to trigger a recall race.
"Your strength and determination has helped us collect more than 507,000 to recall Scott Walker and we are well on our way to beating our internal goal of collecting more than 720,000," Tate said in his press conference, adding, "You have done something amazing in this grassroots movement, but now is not the time to get complacent or take a single petition for granted. Scott Walker and the Koch brothers are counting on us to rest on our laurels and let their corporate cash lull us to sleep in false confidence. I know you won't let them."
"Scott Walker continues to spend millions on misleading TV ads trying to convince voters that his drastic cuts to education and other 'reforms' are working," said Meagan Mahaffey, executive director of United Wisconsin -- the group organizing the recall -- in a statement. "But the people of Wisconsin are not buying his lies and are moving at record pace to stop Walker's destruction and recall him from office."...
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